Dr. Jan Hermeling

Area of Specialisation

Dr. Jan Hermeling, certified specialist in international business law, is a Salary Partner at TIGGES. He advises and represents his clients out of court and before national and international courts. One focus of his advice is on transport law issues relating to multimodal and rail freight transport. His consulting practice also includes customs law advice and representation before customs authorities.

Furthermore, Dr. Hermeling is active in insolvency law and focuses here on advising national and international creditors before and in the insolvency of business partners and customers.

Dr. Jan Hermeling is a trained mediator and supports his clients in the area of out-of-court conflict resolution. A particular focus is on mediative advice to companies and entrepreneurs in conflict and decision-making situations.

CV

After training as a banker, Dr. Hermeling studied law in Bonn and Cologne with a focus on tax and business…

Languages

German, English

Other Fields of Activity

Dr. Hermeling is a member of the Executive Committee of the Working Group for International Commercial Law of the German…

Publications

After training as a banker, Dr. Hermeling studied law in Bonn and Cologne with a focus on tax and business law. He subsequently gained practical experience by working for an international law firm and the auditing and tax consulting firm KPMG.

Dr. Hermeling completed his legal traineeship at the Düsseldorf Regional Court with stations at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in the area of international banking supervision in Bonn and in the area of corporate law and M&A of a large international commercial law firm in Düsseldorf and New York. In May 2015 he finished his PhD at the University of Cologne in the area of banking supervision and insolvency law.

Since March 2019 Dr. Hermeling has been a certified specialist for international business law. In June 2025, he successfully completed the specialist lawyer course in transport and forwarding law.

German, English

Dr. Hermeling is a member of the Executive Committee of the Working Group for International Commercial Law of the German Bar Association (DAV) and Co-President of the Transport and Logistics Law Commission of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). He is also a member of the German-Spanish Lawyers’ Association, the DAV working groups for insolvency law and restructuring and for transport and forwarding law as well as the German Society for Transport Law (DGTR).

Dr Hermeling also works as an author for the Beck publishing house and as a lecturer at the Hagen Law School for the specialist lawyer course in transport and forwarding law, where he is responsible for the areas of “The freight and forwarding law mandate” and “Customs law and customs clearance”.

Das Verhältnis von EVU und EIU nach CIM, HGB und AVV”, Dr. Jan Hermeling, Recht der Transportwirtschaft (RdTW), Heft 5/2023

„Zollrecht und Zollabwicklung”, Klaus-Peter Langenkamp, Dr. Jan Hermeling, Hagener Wissenschaftsverlag, 5. überarbeitete Auflage, 2021

“Anmerkung OLG Hamburg, Urt. v. 24.04.2020 – 13 U 131/19″, TranspR – Zeitschrift für das gesamte Recht der Güterbeförderung, Spedition, Versicherung des Transports, Personenbeförderung und der Reiseveranstaltung 11/2020, Se. 489 ff

„Das fracht- bzw. speditionsrechtliche Mandat”, Klaus-Peter Langenkamp, Dr. Jan Hermeling, Hagener Wissenschaftsverlag, 5. überarbeitete Auflage, 2019

„Der Sanierungs- bzw. Reorganisationsberater und der Sonderbeauftragte nach dem Restrukturierungsgesetz (Insolvenzrecht in Forschung und Praxis)”, 2015